[–] 3 points 1 day ago

it's impossible to test until we find another sapient species (and not something like highly evolved crows in the future, because they would be affected by us), but i think it's likely that any sapient creature would group "sapients" and "non-sapients" separately.

Like we intuitively group other human species as "not animals" with that line getting blurrier the further back you go and they're less obviously sapient, and at least personally i find it a little bit difficult to call parrots animals when they can literally learn to vocally describe a random object they've never seen before.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago*

    You are indeed not correct, paws are distinctly different from hands and the muzzle is a specific part of an animal's face.

    Paws are different from hands in that they're made up ONLY of fingers, the equivalent to our wrist is way above the paw as part of the leg.

    And the muzzle (also called snout) is the jaws+nose, the bit on e.g. a dog that sticks out in front of the face. It doesn't include things like the eyes.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    get exercise, people. Doesn't have to be a lot, the body is just incredibly lazy and will merrily get rid of your ability to walk if you don't regularly remind it you still need muscles.

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